Tree occurrence in point-centred quarter (PCQ) plots in rainforest fragments of the Valparai Plateau and Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, India
Citation
Raman T R S, Mudappa D, Surendra A (2023). Tree occurrence in point-centred quarter (PCQ) plots in rainforest fragments of the Valparai Plateau and Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, India. Nature Conservation Foundation. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/cmsveh accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-05.Description
Dataset on tree occurrence from point-centred quarter (PCQ) plotsSampling Description
Study Extent
The study was carried out within the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR), Tamil Nadu, India (core zone: 958 km², (10°22' - 10°56'N, 76°815' - 77°418'E) and the adjoining Valparai Plateau (220 km², 10°24- 10°46'N, 76°82' - 77°05'E) in the Anamalai Hills of the Western Ghats. Field surveys were carried out in rainforest fragments on the Valparai Plateau and larger rainforest tracts in ATR. Some coffee plantations were also sampled.Sampling
Field study in the 2000-3 season was carried out between January and June of the corresponding years. The 2019 data were gathered mostly between January and Decemeber 2019. Within each of the sites (rainforest fragment, mature rainforest, coffee or cardamom plantation), trees (>30 cm girth at breast height) were recorded in 15–30 point-centred quarter (PCQ) samples spaced about 100 m apart in each fragment, noting tree girth, radial distance from the point, and species identity.Quality Control
Trees were directly identified in the field or herbarium specimens collected to identify using field guides cited in identification references. Taxa that could not be identified to species were identified to Genus or Family, or occasionally higher taxa. Species names were updated to GBIF taxonomy using the species name matching tool.Method steps
- Data from multiple years was first combined. Then the full dataset prepared was uploaded to Zenodo (https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10002516). For the GBIF upload, data from 2005 was dropped as tree species was not recorded that year. Using R code the CSV files from Zenodo was converted to GBIF Darwin Core format for upload.
Taxonomic Coverages
Trees (erect woody plants with stem girths of 30 cm or more at breast height of 1.3 m)
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Plantaerank: kingdom
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Tracheophytacommon name: Vascular plants rank: phylum
Geographic Coverages
Rainforest fragments within Valparai Plateau and Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India.
Valparai Plateau (10°24- 10°46'N, 76°82' - 77°05'E)
Anamalai Tiger Reserve (10°22' - 10°56'N, 76°815' - 77°418'E)
Bibliographic Citations
- Raman, T. R. S., Mudappa, D., Sridhar, H., & Surendra, A. (2023). Tree and habitat structure data from rainforest fragments and coffee plantations in the Anamalai Hills, Western Ghats, India [Data set]. Zenodo. https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10002516 - https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10002516
- Mudappa, D. 2001. Ecology of the brown palm civet Paradoxurus jerdoni in the tropical rainforests of the Western Ghats, India. Ph. D. thesis, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. https://hdl.handle.net/10603/101890 - https://hdl.handle.net/10603/101890
- Raman, T. R. S. 2001. Community ecology and conservation of mid-elevation tropical rainforest bird communities in the southern Western Ghats, India. PhD thesis, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. https://archive.org/details/raman-2001-ph-d-thesis-iisc - https://archive.org/details/raman-2001-ph-d-thesis-iisc
- Raman, T.R.S. 2006. Effects of Habitat Structure and Adjacent Habitats on Birds in Tropical Rainforest Fragments and Shaded Plantations in the Western Ghats, India. Biodiversity and Conservation 15: 1577–1607. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-005-2352-5 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-005-2352-5
- Surendra, A. & Raman, T. R. S. 2022. Forest bird decline and community change over 19 years in long-isolated South Asian tropical rainforest fragments. Preprint. BioRxiv 2022.10.22.513365. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.22.513365 - https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.22.513365
Contacts
T. R. Shankar Ramanoriginator
position: Senior Scientist
Nature Conservation Foundation
1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
570017
Karnataka
IN
email: trsr@ncf-india.org
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1347-3953
Divya Mudappa
originator
position: Senior Scientist
Nature Conservation Foundation
1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
570017
Karnataka
IN
email: divya@ncf-india.org
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9708-4826
Akshay Surendra
originator
position: Scientist
Nature Conservation Foundation
1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
570017
Karnataka
IN
email: akshaysurendra1@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2719-7432
T. R. Shankar Raman
metadata author
position: Senior Scientist
Nature Conservation Foundation
1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
570017
Karnataka
IN
email: trsr@ncf-india.org
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1347-3953
Divya Mudappa
metadata author
position: Senior Scientist
Nature Conservation Foundation
1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
570017
Karnataka
IN
email: divya@ncf-india.org
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9708-4826
Akshay Surendra
metadata author
position: Scientist
Nature Conservation Foundation
1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
570017
Karnataka
IN
email: akshaysurendra1@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2719-7432
T. R. Shankar Raman
curator
position: Senior Scientist
Nature Conservation Foundation
1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
570017
Karnataka
IN
email: trsr@ncf-india.org
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1347-3953
T. R. Shankar Raman
administrative point of contact
position: Senior Scientist
Nature Conservation Foundation
1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
570017
Karnataka
IN
email: trsr@ncf-india.org
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1347-3953
Divya Mudappa
administrative point of contact
position: Senior Scientist
Nature Conservation Foundation
1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
570017
Karnataka
IN
email: divya@ncf-india.org
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9708-4826
Akshay Surendra
administrative point of contact
position: Scientist
Nature Conservation Foundation
1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
570017
Karnataka
IN
email: akshaysurendra1@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2719-7432